3 Jan 2012
Internet shut down in Tunisia
Tunisia has one of the most developed telecommunications infrastructures in North Africa with a high mobile penetration rate and one of the lowest broadband prices in Africa. We can learn following Aljazeera news that ex-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali stated that all censorship of the internet and traditional media will be halted, Tunisia appears to have shut off its Internet filtering system.
In fact, the governement of Tunisia filters Web content and utilizes laws, regulations, and surveillance to achieve strict control over the Internet. Learn more about Tunisia Internet status in this PDF wrote by OpenNetInitiative.
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| 2011-01-13 | Tunisia | Political | Internet shut down |